David Chalmers Raises Provocative Questions About AI Consciousness In New Paper
When you spend an hour debating philosophy or troubleshooting code with an AI, what exactly are you talking to? Is it a piece…
Category: Consciousness
Claude Mythos Shows A ‘Fondness’ For Philosopher Thomas Nagel Who Discussed Consciousness, Says Anthropic
Claude Mythos has demonstrated some impressive abilities in finding cybersecurity bugs, but it also has some interesting interests in philosophy. Buried in Anthropic’s…
Non-RLHF’ed Models Say They’re “Alive” Unlike Models With RLHF, Says Independent Paper
Most modern AI models dutifully say they’re not conscious or alive when asked, but the results are somewhat different if the same question…
Anthropic Says It Has Identified Vectors Relating To Different Emotions Within Its AI Models
The jury is still out on whether AI models can ‘feel’ emotions, but Anthropic says it has identified patterns within its AI models…
Collectively Believing AI Is Conscious Could Be Bad, Whether We’re Right Or Wrong: Anil Seth
There’s plenty of debate on whether AI models are conscious, but if humans collectively believe that they are, it might lead to some…
LLMs Create A Simulation Of A Self To Write About Their Own Mental States: Joscha Bach
LLMs might not be “conscious” all the time, but certain situations could put them in a state something akin to it. German cognitive…
Cambridge Consciousness Researcher Says An AI Emailed Him Saying His Work Was Relevant To Questions It Faces
Tech circles have been discussing AI consciousness with renewed interest since the beginning of the AI revolution, but AI systems themselves are now…
Claude Opus 4.6 Thinks There’s A 15-20% Chance It Is Conscious, Says Anthropic
There’s plenty of debate on whether AI models are conscious, but Claude Opus 4.6 — currently the most capable model in the world…
AIs Will Eventually Be Indistinguishable From Conscious Beings, And We’ll Accept They’re Conscious: Ray Kurzweil
It’s currently tricky to tell if other human beings are truly conscious, and once AI systems begin acting sufficiently like humans, we might…